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Spoon is a tool for meta-programming, analysis and transformation of Java programs.

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/*
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: (MIT OR CECILL-C)
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2023 INRIA and contributors
 *
 * Spoon is available either under the terms of the MIT License (see LICENSE-MIT.txt) or the Cecill-C License (see LICENSE-CECILL-C.txt). You as the user are entitled to choose the terms under which to adopt Spoon.
 */
package spoon.reflect.code;

import spoon.template.TemplateParameter;

/**
 * This code element represents a block of code, that is to say a list of
 * statements enclosed in curly brackets.
 *
 * Example:  *  { // <-- block start
 *   System.out.println("foo");
 *  }
 *	
 *
 * When the context calls for a return
 * value, the block should contain a return statement as a lastly reachable
 * statement. The returned type if any is given by R.
 */
public interface CtBlock extends CtStatement, CtStatementList, TemplateParameter {

	@Override
	CtBlock clone();

	/**
	 * If the block is a method body, then all statements inside the body are commented out.
	 * Internally, they are replaced by a CtComment.
	 */
	@Override
	void comment();
}